Foreign Mission Board Rooms
June 11, 1953
The Foreign Mission Board met in regular monthly session at 3:30 p.m.
on Thursday, June 11, 1953, with Mr. Jenkins presiding.
Present: L. Howard Jenkins, 1. ohad Wedlin, Ferry Mitchell,
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I frying, Oscar L. Hite, L. 0. Mosley, H. B. Tillman, Mrs . Clyde V.Hickerson
Mrs. Kenneth Burke, J.C,. Boyles, Emmett x. Robertson, R. C. McDanel,
E. P. uuxton, Herman P. Thomas, Reuben S. Alley, Neal w. Ellis,
M. Theron Rankin, George
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Sadler, Everett Gill, Jr., Baker James
Cauthen, Frank K. Means, Elmer S. .vest, E. L. Deane, Louis P. Seay.
Visitors: Dr. Kay Summers, Miss Helen Falls, Miss Amabelle Crouch
and 37 ^«W.A.'s from. Missouri.
Dr. Bummers led in prayer.
Mr. Jenkins welcomed the new members of the Boara, Mrs. Burke, Mr.
Boyles, Mr. Tillman, Mr. Mosley, and Mr. Ellis.
On the motion of Dr. Hite and on the recommendation of the Personnel
Committee it was voted that any missionary returning from the field
for the first furlough or for special medical treatment should include
a psychiatric interview as a part of the routine required medical
examination. If possible, this interview should be with the previous
examiner.
On the motion of Dr. Hite the following candidates were appointed as
missionaries of the Foreign Mission Board:
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Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Ross, -Or. , "North Brazil
Miss Barbara Emerson, Nigeria
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Leo Petty, Nazareth (Special Appointment)
Dr. Rankin gave the charm to the new missionaries and Mr. ■‘•illman led
in the nrayer of cedication.
Dr. Rankin made a very brief report, welcoming the new Board members
and expressing the gratitude of the members of the staff for the fine
spirit of comradeship and cooperation vtiich exits between the staff
and the oard members.
Dr. Gill made the following report:
With the arrival of Dr. and Mrs. John Mein in Nassau, Bahamas, to become
associated with Dr. and Mrs. H. H. McMillan in the development of the
Baptist work, the Foreign Mission Board now supports six missionaries
in the lar~e English-speaking Negro Baptist groups of the Caribbean.
There are approximately 500 organized Baptist churches among the 3,000,000
English-speaking Negroes of this area.
Almost one thousand miles to the sout' , off the coast of Nicaragua, Rev.
and Mrs. C. McC Hough have been serving a similar group of Baptists
on the islands of San Andres and Providence, (Colombian possessions)
since 19U*. The purchase of the ocean-going launch, The Dorcas, now-
enables them to visit an increasing number of islands dotting the
Caribbean .
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Followin'- numerous visits by representatives and secretaries of the
Board, and the great simultaneous revival of January 1953, id which
over 70 Southern Baptist pastors participated, the Jamaica Baptist
Union issued a cordial invitation to the Board to appoint missionaries
to cooperate with them in the development of evangelism, stewardship,
and religious education. This request was approved by the Board,
which authorized the appointment of a couple to initiate this work.
A gift of £5,000 was also made available from Christmas Offering funds
for the emergency support of pastors who are still suffering as a result
of the hurricane which devastated the Island two years ago.
Rev. and Mrs. 0. W. McCullough have recently visited Kingston, Jamaica,
to survey the possibilities and report enthusiastica ly: "The people
ana customs were not strange to us. We arrived just in time to meet
with the Executive Committee of the Jamaica Baptist Union, which is
made up of 13 sincere and able workers. We were received warmly and
asked to speak twice. The second address was shared by Mrs. McCullough
in which she describee the work on San Andres. The castors were so
